WordPress 3.8.x < 3.8.25 MediaElement.js Flash Fallback XSS

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement under wp-includes/js/mediaelement. Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on...

WordPress 4.3.x < 4.3.15 MediaElement.js Flash Fallback XSS

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement under wp-includes/js/mediaelement. Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on...

WordPress 4.8.x < 4.8.5 MediaElement.js Flash Fallback XSS

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement under wp-includes/js/mediaelement. Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on...

WordPress 3.9.x < 3.9.23 MediaElement.js Flash Fallback XSS

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement under wp-includes/js/mediaelement. Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on...

WordPress 4.0.x < 4.0.22 MediaElement.js Flash Fallback XSS

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement under wp-includes/js/mediaelement. Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on...

WordPress 4.5.x < 4.5.13 MediaElement.js Flash Fallback XSS

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Flash fallback files in MediaElement under wp-includes/js/mediaelement. Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on...

WordPress 4.3.x < 4.3.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its self-reported version number, the detected WordPress application is affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Weak MD5-based password hashing algorithm, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext values by leveraging access to the hash values. - When domain-based...

Ghost hardware. Device No.2, the Boo Buddy

The “Boo Buddy” is sold as a “trigger object” with a wide range of internal functionality such as EMF, motion and temperature detection. It’s a “trigger object”, in the sense that it is designed to evoke the spirits of children, who might be drawn in by the presence of a toy. Many people have...

Exploit kits: fall 2018 review

Exploit kit EK activity continues to surprise us as the weather cools, the leaves change, and we move into the fall of 2018. Indeed, shortly after our summer review, a new exploit kit was discovered, and while no new vulnerabilities were added to the current EKs, several malvertising chains are...

CVE-2018-12364

NPAPI plugins, such as Adobe Flash, can send non-simple cross-origin requests, bypassing CORS by making a same-origin POST that does a 307 redirect to the target site. This allows for a malicious site to engage in cross-site request forgery CSRF attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60,...

CVE-2018-12364

The CVE-2018-12364 entry affects Thunderbird and was mitigated in various distributions through Thunderbird 52.9.1 and related security advisories. The connected documents confirm concrete details: NPAPI plugins (e.g., Flash) can bypass CORS by issuing a same-origin POST that redirects (307) to t...

CVE-2018-12364

NPAPI plugins, such as Adobe Flash, can send non-simple cross-origin requests, bypassing CORS by making a same-origin POST that does a 307 redirect to the target site. This allows for a malicious site to engage in cross-site request forgery CSRF attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60,...

Fake Adobe updates installing cryptomining malware while updating Flash

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks has identified that a fake Flash updater is circulating the web and fooling computer users by sneakily installing cryptocurrency mining bot XMRig. In the past few months, researchers have identified 113 fake updaters installing cryptomini...

Fake Adobe Flash Installers Come With a Little Malware Bonus

A clever new cryptomining scheme downloads the latest version of Adobe for you, but adds malware to the bargain...

Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Oct. 12

Threatpost editors Lindsey O’Donnell and Tara Seals discuss the top news of the week ended Oct. 12. The week started with a bang with a report that Google did not disclose a potential data breach in Google+, likely contributing to the tech giant’s decision to shut down the social networking...

Fake Adobe Flash Updates Hide Malicious Crypto Miners

While fake Flash updates that push malware have traditionally been easy to spot and avoid, a new campaign has employed new tricks that stealthily download cryptocurrency miners on Windows systems. To the average user, the newly discovered samples, which have been active as early as August, seem...

Patch Tuesday, October 2018 Edition

Microsoft this week released software updates to fix roughly 50 security problems with various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including one flaw that is already being exploited and another for which exploit code is publicly available. The zero-day bug --...

Adobe Releases Security Patch Updates for 11 Vulnerabilities

Adobe has released its monthly security updates to address a total of 11 vulnerabilities in Adobe Digital Editions, Framemaker, and Technical Communications Suite, of which four are rated critical and rest 7 are important in severity. Adobe has also released updated versions for Flash Player, but...

APSB18-35 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS. These updates address feature and performance bugs, and do not include security fixes...

CVE-2018-9069 BIOS Write Protection Race Condition

In some Lenovo IdeaPad consumer notebook models, a race condition in the BIOS flash device locking mechanism is not adequately protected against, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to alter the contents of BIOS...